Grain-binder



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E. W. JENKINS. GRAIN BINDER. No. 280,481. Patented July 3, 1883.

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E. W. JENKINS.

GRAIN BINDER. No. 280,481. Patented July- 3, 1883.

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EDYVARD WV. JENKINS, OF NORRISTONVN, PENNSYLVANIA.

GRAIN-BINDER.

S PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,481, dated July 3, 1853.

' Application filed February 7, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD W. J ENKINS, of Norristown, Montgomery county, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Grain-Binders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to grain-binders'; and it consists in certain improvements binder-frame, and pivoting thereto an oscillating binder-arm which is adapted to convey the cord to the knotter, and' in its operation to thread and unthr'ead, so as not to carry the cord up and cut off the delivery, but, instead, to drop the cord and allow a free passage for the bound bundle to be discharged out across the feed opening or inlet by way of the binder-arm, the said inlet being placed between the knotter and the discharge-opening. The sheaf is discharged sidewise, and not endwise. This binder is more rigid and direct-acting than those with the overhanging arm, which adds heft and complication to the machine, The binder is provided with a table, or a receptacle to receive the incoming grain through a feed opening or inlet, so arranged with reference to the cord-actuating devices as to have the cord extended across the mouth of the inlet to the knotter, whereby the grain, by being fed through the feed-opening, is delivered into a band, one end held by the knotter on one side of the inlet, and the other end passing around the grain through the table on the opposite side of said inlet. When the grain is fed into the receptacle, the binder-arm, as it closes in and compresses the sheaf or gavel, catches up the cord band and conveys the spool end of the cord to the knotter, where the band is secured around the sheaf and cut,1eaving a new end'held fast in the holder near the knotter, with the cord extending across the inlet to the spool, as before.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved grain-binder in the act of having a gavel fed thereto. Fig. 2 is a similar view, showingthe binder-arm closed upon the bundle. Fig. 3is a front elevation of same, and Fig. 4 is amodified form of cord-carrying device.

A is a stationary arm or bracket of the binder, having a guide-finger, A, and supporting the oscillating binder-arm B, pivoted upon a stud, G. The binder-arm is worked by a crank, 0, upon the rotating shaft 0, working in a journal-box upon the upper end of the bracket A, which shaft 0 may be driven by means of a connecting-rod or pitman, D, connecting the crank with the binder-arm. B, one end of the pitman being connected to the said binderarm at D, and the opposite end to the crankpin (1*.

Fig. 2 represents the binder-arm closed in upon the gavel and compressing it by a chain or strap, F, fastened to one arm of bell-crank F, pivoted at f to the bracket A of the binder, and having its movement limited by a lug, f, against which its free leg rests. Said chain passes through the binder-arm over roller g, and is fastened to a take-up lever, H, pivoted on the binder-arm at h, to take up and tighten the chain around the bundle by means of a spring, I, upon a rod, 1, said rod being hinged to the binder-arm at i, extending through the said spring and a hole, K, in the take-up lever.

The table or receptacle \V is framed to the binder, and provided with a feed opening or inlet, L, of any desired construction, through which the grain is fed, said inlet being placed between the knotter O and discharge-opening R. The table is provided with a guide-cast ing, M, having a groove or channel, m, for the the end of the binder-arm to pass through in its travel to and from the knotter O.

The cord 0 is threaded through the casting M, as shown, and then carried to the knotter, where it is held, it being drawn across the feed-opening L in the path of the incoming grain. The binder-arm is provided with an opening or slot, P, on the end to catch the cord 0 as the said arm passes through the channel m in the casting M, the cord being caught up in the opening and guided over a roller, 1). As the binder-arm closes into the knotter it compresses the sheaf through the agency of the chain F, and conveys the cord 0 to the knotter O, in the meantime drawing the cord tight around the bundle. When the binder-arm opens again, the cord drops out of the opening in the end of the arm and is left in its original condition, and is not drawn out and up with the binder-arm, thereby leaving a discharge'opening, R, between the table and guard-finger A, through which to discharge the bundle by 'ay ot' the binder-arm, and which is done in this case by the ejecting-fingers S, secured to the rotating crank-shaft C, which comes around about the time the hinder-arm is raised to allow the bundle to follow and be discharged across the teed-opening L and through the discharge-opening R.

If desired, when two discliargirig-fingers S are used, one may be secured to the shait G and the other to the crank-pin 0", this latter finger being bent to bring it in line with the first finger, as shown.

In operation the grain is fed in through the feed-opening to the receptacle, takingup cord around it until a sufficient length of cord has been pulled out, when the shaft 0 is rotated, and the binder is set inmotion thereby. W hen starting, the crank-shaft rotates with the eject-- ingfingers thereon in direction of the arrow, which movement closes the binder-arm, compressing the gavel and catching up the cord and conveying it to the knotter, as in Fig. 2, and while in this position the crank is pulling .on the pitman and passing the dead-center,

giving to the binder-arm a rest while the knot is made, and as the crank-shaft is driven on around, the knot is finished and the binderarm rises above the guidefinger A, clear of the bundle, which follows and is discharged through the opening R by the ejecting-fingers.

In place of making the binder-arm thread and unthread itsell" every time, I may use a separate needle, B, which may be pushed for ward by the binder-arm B, and drawn back by a band, 13*, and spring B", or other'equivalent device, as shown in Fig. it. In this case the needle need never unthread itself, and is very similar in construction to the point of the binderarm, it the same were cut off.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a graiirbinder, the stationarybracket and binding-table having a feed-opening, in combination with mechanism so arranged as to discharge the bundle out across the feed opening or inlet ot'the binding-table, substan tially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a grain'bimler, an oscillating binderarm that in its downward motion threads it self, and conveys the binding-cord to the knotter, and which, when returning, unthreads and leaves the cord below the bound bundle,

in. combination with means to oscillate said binder-arm, a binding-table having a feedopening across which said binder-arm passes, a cord-knotter, and means to eject the bound bundle out across said teedopening, substantially as set forth.

3. In a grain-binder, an oscillating arm to compress the grain and convey the cord to the knotter, in combination with a binding-table provided with a feed-passage and ejecting-fingers that discharge the bundle, causing it to follow the binder-arm in its movement from the knotter and pass out across the feed-passage, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. In a grain-binder, the bracket A, sup porting an oscillating arm to compress the grain and convey the cord to the knotter, in combination with said knotter, located below the binding-table, a discharge-passage, and a feed opening or inlet for the grain through the binding-table of the binder, located between the knotter and the discharge-opening, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. In a graiirbinder, an oscillating binderarm, in combination with a rotating crankshatt provided with a crank, and ejecting-fingers secured thereon to discln rge the bundle, a connecting-rod to connect said crank to said binder-arm, a binding-table having a feed opening through the same, and over which said ejecting-fingers force the bundle in discharging it, substantially as and for the pur pose specified.

6. In a graiirbinder, a stationary or rigid bracket, A, extending from the binding-table at or about in line with the binding-arm, in combination with the pivoted binder-arm, a cord-knottcr, a guidei'or the binding-cord, and a feed-passage for the grain, arranged between the said knotter and cord-guide, the said binder-arm being adapted to gather in the cord around the bundle and feed the spool end to the knotter, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

7. The combination of bracket A, bindingtable W, teed-aperture L, binder-arm B, shaft (3, crank C, connecting-rod D, kllOiJlJtl O, cord-guide M, means to compress the bundle, and means to discharge the same when bound, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony of which invention I havehereunto set my hand.

EDXVARD \V. JENKINS.

\Vitnesses:

it. M. HUNTER, J. S. (JH'IL'I), Jr. 

